Garment



2 sheets-sheet B. J. HART GARMENT Filed Aug. 4. 1928 Nov. 19, 1929.

Nov. '19, 1929.

. B. J. HART GARNENT Filed Aug. 4,'1928 ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 19, 1929 TENT GFFICE BESSIE J. HART, F CRANFORIV), NEV JERSEY GARMENT Application filed August 4, 1928. Serial No. 297,491.

My invention relates to garment, and has for its object to provide an article of wear convertible from a plain rectangular form to be used as a blanket or steamer rug, or

given the form of a wrap with sleeves and collar.

A more specific object of the invention is to provide a simple means for giving the article the form of a wrap by the engagement 19 of the minimum number of fasteners.

The nature of my invention and its dis tinguishing features and advantages will more clearly appear as the description proceeds.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a partof this specification, it being understood that the drawings are merely illustrative of one example of the invention.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the article in the rectangular form whereby the article may be used as a steamer rug or blanket, or folded into small compass;

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 but showing the opposite side of the article;

Figure 3 is a front view of the article in the form of a garment with sleeves and a collar;

Figure l is a horizontal section on the line lll of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a detail in section indicated by the line 5 5 of Figure 3.

In carrying out my invention in practice in accordance with the illustrated example, a rectangular piece of fabric is provided having at all sides a hem as indicated at 110. At each of the two opposite vertical side edges of the fabric I provide co-acting fastener elements, here shown as snap fasteners, a section of the fastener being indicated by the numeral 11. rl`he elements of the fastener means 11 are so arranged that when mating elements are engaged they will give at each side a sleeve formation, the sleeves being indicated at 12 in Figures 3 and 5.

On the opposite side of the fabric from the fastener means 11 I provide fastening means to provide the article with a collar in giving the fabric the form of a garment. rlhe collar is indicated at 14:` in Figures 3 and e and is formed by providing at each side edge two mating fastener elements 18-13 which when engaged one with another' will provide the article with a fold in the form of a collar (14).

It will be observed from Fig. 3 that the fastener elements 11 and 13 are so positioned that the cuffs of the sleeve portions formed are at substantially right angles to the sides of the garment at the front edges, thus giving the garment a distinctive appearance.

In forming the fabric into a garment I also provide a breast strap 15 permanently fastened at one end as at 16 by stitching or otherwise, and adapted at its other end to be detachably fastened by fastener elements 17 on the strap 15 and on the fabric 10, as shown clearly in the drawings.

To restore the article to a. plain rectangular form for use, for example, as an automobile blanket or a steamer rug, the strap 15 is un-v fastened at the fastener elements 17, the fastening elements 13 are disengaged thus destroying the collar effect, and the fastening elements 11 are disengaged thereby destroying the sleeve formations indicated at 12. Thus the article presents the form shown in Figures 1 and 2. It will thus be seen that the article may be given the. form of a garment quickly and is readily restored to its plain rectangular form as necessity may re-y quire.

I would state furthermore that while the illustrated example constitutes a practical embodiment of my invention, I do not limit myself strictly to the exact details herein illustrated, since, manifestly, the same can be considerably varied without departure from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a convertible article adapted to be given a plain rectangular form or to be converted into a garment, a piece of fabric, a pair of fastener elements on each side edge of one side of the garment, said fastener elements being remote from the top and bottom edges of the fabric and spaced from each other, said fastener elements engageable to form sleeves in the fabric, and a pair of tener elements on each edge of the fabric on the side opposite said first mentioned fasteners and adjacent thereto, said last mentioned fasteners When engaged holding the fabric in the form of a collar, said fastening elements being positioned to forni angularly disposed sleeve cus in the front edge of the garment at the loWer end of the collar.

2. In a convertible article adapted to be given a plain rectangular form or to be converted into a garment, a piece of fabric, fastener elements on the side edges 0f one side of the fabric, the respective fastener elements being remote from the top and bottom edges of the fabric and spaced from each other, said fastener elements engageable to form sleeves in the fabric, and fastener elements on the fabric at the opposite sides near one another and spaced from each other, said fasteners When engaged holding the fabric in the form of a collar; together with a breast strap and detachable means at one end of said strap, the n other end of the strap being permanently secured to the fabric, said breast strap being located near the top edge of the fabric at the sanieside as the fastener elements forming the sleeves.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York7 this 3rd day of August, A. D. 1928.

BESSIE J. HART. 

